Champions ODI Cup; The Squads and Captains have been

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the provisional squads and captains for the upcoming Champions ODI Cup, which will take place in Faisalabad from September 12 to 29.

The captains for the five teams for Champions ODI Cup are:

Misbah-ul-Haq for the Wolves
Saqlain Mushtaq for the Panthers
Sarfaraz Ahmed for the Dolphins
Shoaib Malik for the Stallions
Waqar Younis for the Lions

The team leaders are:

Dolphins: Saud Shakeel
Lions: Shaheen Shah Afridi
Panthers: Shadab Khan
Stallions: Mohammad Haris
Wolves: Mohammad Rizwan

The tournament will feature top cricketers from the country and will be played in a single league format, with 50-over matches starting at 3 p.m. The Lions vs. Panthers game on September 16 will start at 9:30 a.m. The tournament will end with three play-off matches over four days, concluding with the final on September 29.

The opening match will be between Misbah-ul-Haq’s Wolves and Saqlain Mushtaq’s Panthers.

The PCB has selected the provisional squads through a draft process from a pool of 150 players, including 125 standout performers from the past three domestic seasons and 25 wild cards based on their recent performances.

Provisional Squads for Champions ODI Cup

Dolphins: Saud Shakeel (Captain), Faheem Ashraf, Sarfaraz Ahmed, and others.
Lions: Abdullah Shafiq, Aamir Jamal, Shaheen Shah Afridi (Captain), and others.
Panthers: Saeem Ayub, Shadab Khan (Captain), Usama Mir, and others.
Stallions: Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Haris, and others.
Wolves: Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Muhammad Rizwan (Captain), Naseem Shah, and others.

Some central contracted players are unavailable due to personal reasons, injuries, or other commitments. Notable absences include Muhammad Nawaz, Imad Wasim, and Fakhar Zaman, who will return on September 10.

Mentors for Each Team for Champions ODI Cup

Dolphins: Mentor Sarfaraz Ahmed. Saud Shakeel (Captain, Karachi), Aftab Ibrahim (Karachi), Asif Ali (Faisalabad), Owais Ali (Gujranwala), Faheem Ashraf (Kasur), Kashif Ali (Rawalpindi), Mir Hamza (Karachi), Muhammad Hurira ( Sialkot), Muhammad Abbas Afridi (Peshawar), Muhammad Akhlaq (Kamuki), Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (Karachi), Muhammad Riazullah (Peshawar), Noman Ali (Hyderabad), Qasim Akram (Lahore), Sameen Gul (Jamrud), Sarfraz Ahmed (Karachi) ), Sahibzada Farhan (Peshawar), Sufyan Moqim (Kotli), Umar Amin (Rawalpindi) and Usman Qadir (Lahore).
Lions: Mentor Waqar Younis. Lines: Shaheen Shah Afridi (captain, Peshawar), Abdullah Shafiq (Sialkot), Aamir Jamal (Islamabad), Aamir Yameen (Multan), Faisal Akram (Multan), Hasan Nawaz (Islamabad), Hunain Shah (Lahore), Imam Al-Haq (Lahore), Imran Butt (Lahore), Khushdil Shah (Bannu), Muhammad Asghar (Karachi), Muhammad Irfan Khan (Mianwali), Muhammad Taha (Karachi), Umeer bin Yusuf (Karachi), Rohail Nazir (Islamabad), Shahab Khan (Mardan), Shiron Siraj (Sahiwal), Sirajuddin (Bajor) and Waqar Hussain (Okara).
Panthers: Mentor Saqlain Mushtaq. Panthers: Shadab Khan (captain, Islamabad), Abdul Wahid Bengalzai (Quetta), Ahmed Basheer (Lahore), Ali Asfand (Faisalabad), Ali Raza (Sheikhopura), Imad Butt (Sialkot), Arafat Minhas (Multan), Azan Owais. (Sialkot) Haider Ali (Attack), Muhammad Hasnain (Hyderabad), Muhammad Omar (Karachi), Muhammad Zeeshan (Faisalabad), Mubasar Khan (Rawalpindi), Rehan Afridi (Khyber), Rizwan Mahmood (Hyderabad), Saeem Ayub (Karachi). . Umar Siddique (Lahore), Osama Mir (Sialkot), Usman Khan (Karachi) and Usman Salahuddin (Lahore).
Stallions: Mentor. Shoaib Malik. Stallions: Mohammad Haris (captain, Peshawar), Abrar Ahmed (Karachi), Adil Amin (Peshawar), Azam Khan (Peshawar), Babar Azam (Lahore), Haris Rauf (Islamabad), Hussain Talat (Lahore), Jahandad Khan ( Rawalpindi) ), Junaid Ali (Lahore), Muaz Ahmad Sadaqat (Peshawar), Mehran Mumtaz (Rawalpindi), Muhammad Ali (Sialkot), Muhammad Amir Khan (Swat), Saad Khan (Hyderabad), Shamil Hussain (Islamabad), Shan Masood (Karachi), Tayyab Tahir (Sarai Alamgir), Ubaid Shah (Lahore), Yasir Khan (Rawalpindi) and Zaman Khan (Mirpur).
Wolves: Mentor. Misbah-ul-Haq. Wolves: Muhammad Rizwan (captain, Peshawar), Fakhar Zaman (Abbottabad), Abdul Samad (Faisalabad), Akif Javed (Fata), Ali Usman (Multan), Bilawal Bhatti (Muridke), Haseebullah (Pashin), Iftikhar Ahmed ( Peshawar) Kamran Ghulam (Peshawar), Muhammad Faizan (Faisalabad), Muhammad Imran Jr. (Peshawar), Muhammad Sarwar Afridi (FATA), Muhammad Imran (Khaniwal), Naseem Shah (Lahore), Nisar Ahmed (Lahore), Salman Ali Agha. (Lahore), Shahnawaz Dhani (Larkana), Zahid Mehmood (Dado) and Zain Abbas (Multan).